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    New Toro Tx 1000 Wide Track

    Picked up our tx1000 wide track today. Game changer!
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    Rain slowing anyone else down?

    Lil dab of die electric grease in the charge port and verify they are closed up during rain. Pfanner rain jackets.
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    New to the buzz

    All right I get it. Yer some kinda alpha ginger. I'm on my 4th ginger right now, I hope we keep him for ever. Welcome! thanks for sharing!
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    Do they still make a Mat3 bucket truck ?

    These guys are gonna crush it. Tele at height. Like the articulated spider lifts. Game changer? Not many body agreed with me when I proclaimed the crane grapple cutters were a game changer.
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    Tell me something stupid you did!

    Some times I just cut shit when I should rope it and I just imagine nothing bad is gonna happen. More then not, nothing really bad has happened. Maybe a hole in the asphalt, smashed mailbox, dent on the rain gutter, limbs ripped off nearby ornamentals, fence rail bent, you know nothing that...
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    Pruning sales

    Sales pitch? Got trees? Love them or hate them? Hate them? Care more about saving money? Don't care for our living environment? Cut them all down asap. Install inorganic landscape that requires little to no upkeep. Enjoy your money. Love trees? Love your organic environment? Take "care" of...
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    Wind powered saw mill...beautiful

    How odd...I randomly watched that last night on my smart tele. Before I even saw this this morning. Amazing! A combination of sailing and milling I never imagined. To go from hand ripping logs to multiple logs being gang milled while you watch and adjust stuff, what a step.
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    Contract climbing

    Education and marketing is the key. If the market you want to work in does not exist... Create your own market! Your imagination is the limit. Guess who has the time and money to care about trees...people with money, usually. You want to fight for that nasty tree in the trailer park every...
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    New hire

    I envy few jobs...helicopter pilots are one. One of my clients has one, $1,800/hr need a 4hr min last I asked to get it up my way, he flies folks from their planes to their lawns out of Boston. I always swear at them when they fly over me low! Trying to get my son excited about them so he can...
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    New Pfanner Gladiator Vents

    I have the stein kriegers, imho not impressed when compared to the current pfanner ventilations...especially for climbing. Sips are no where near pfanners. Steins are good pants but closer to the sips, as in being baggier and not fitting as well for a climber, at least for my lanky frame. I'm...
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    Guilds of trees share their sugar

    It's like things just want to fall into place over time. I hope us human "takers" will figure this out sooner then later.
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    New Pfanner Gladiator Vents

    Awesome pants. Doubt there are better. Right now I have five pairs of pfanners and one stein. Pfanner keeps updating every couple of years. The new gladiators have actual vents just under the belt area, stronger/less stretchy fabric on the front. Total ground guy pants!
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    New Toro Tx 1000 Wide Track

    You are side loading with a clam style grapple right? You don't have a bmg right? Have you used one? I'll bet it would make stacking logs more easy then a clam. I have never used a clam on a mini though. Our dump trailer is boxed. 6' walls removable roof. I can stack 8'-12' logs easier then...
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    should a ground guy wear

    I remember some owners on the buzz set up an annual equipment/bonus fund. Let's say $1000 and two year round employees. Nothing lost or broken stupid and the fund gets split at end of year. This is added to the regular annual bonus. This makes a lot of sense when you start sending crews out...
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    New Toro Tx 1000 Wide Track

    Sourced at local Taylor Rental, buddy of mine owns it. Prices do not include our 8% sales tax. Originally they did make a mistake. $27,100 is narrow delivered without bucket Delivery here is $850 so $26,250 from msrp of $29,950 Wide track is around $28,600 delivered without bucket. So just...
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    pruning vs trimming

    For real, arborists and treeguys are different. Imo. We have a guy round here who claims to be and advertises the fact that he is the "unintimidated arborist". He only does bucket truck removals and hack trims.
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    pruning vs trimming

    How bout Whack vs. prune We sometimes use "whack" during walk throughs with customers when referring to pruning limbs. Usually old ladies. Only take a few times of saying it before the customer starts saying " yeah, whack off " this and that. The crew can't look at each other when it starts.
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    I'm thinking about purchasing my first new truck.

    I held of for so long because everyone dents and scratches all my shit. Last year the day I said I was thinking of a new truck, a new guy gets in one of the one tons and runs the hitch on the chipper right along the whole side of the truck. Next day or so same guy puts the five gallon water...
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    I'm thinking about purchasing my first new truck.

    Just bought my first new vehicle. 2016 f350 crew diesel. Cost more then my bucket truck. we make more money with a one ton then the bucket so...talk to an accountant. Ask about accelerated depreciation. Once you make enough money/are busy enough, you will lose money buying used equipment...
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    Wisconsin VH4D engine (blow-by?)

    Make sure you verify the anvil has a good edge and is adjusted up to the knives. When you have good knives and anvil and they are adjusted properly the machine will chip amazing. Dull knives, round anvil and a big gap will beat on your machine. The trick to adjusting the anvil is bring it up...

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